The Uncollected Baudrillard (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780761965312)

Jean Baudrillard is generally recognized as one of the most important and provocative contemporary social theorists. But in the English speaking world, his reputation is largely based on books published after the 1960s, as he moved towards becoming the premier commentator on postmodernism.

This wide ranging and expertly edited book examines the work of the young Baudrillard, it deepens our understanding of his seminal work on consumer culture by presenting his early essays on McLuhan, Lefebvre and Marcuse. The influence of German traditions of thought are clearly revealed, and Baudrillard′s neglected and out of print writing on aesthetics is rediscovered and reprinted. Extracts from his political diaries and commentaries o

Author: Gary Genosko
ISBN-10: 0761965319
ISBN-13: 9780761965312
Publisher: Sage Publications UK
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2001
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.30w x 0.44d